Brave New World?

Sometimes I feel it would be nice
To abandon this dark world of vice
With all its rampant «Buy! Buy! Buy!»
And give another life a try...

«Buy One and get a second free!»
Brash advertising – can't you see
We're mortgaging our children's lives;
Global warming, seas that rise,

Swamped in plastic – one-use-only
Polluting cars? Use Shank's pony!
Drought* means forage costs are high
Forest fires** pollute the sky.

In South of France floods sweep away
Luckless folk on holiday
Fruit and veg need irrigation
Politics – trade wars – inflation!

Is this the world that we deserve?
Corruption is a nasty word
But it's everywhere, along with Greed
Is Armageddon what we need?

(c) Poet in the woods 2018

* Australia
** Greece, Spain, California